US Chefs Win Gold and Silver in Beijing

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US Chefs Win Gold and Silver in Beijing

PR Newswire

MADRID, Spain, June 22, 2012

MADRID, Spain

,

June 22, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

BICC-Beijing International Cuisine Competition

The US won Gold in the individual chef competition, and Silver

in the

team competition at the BICC, The Beijing International Cuisine

Competition. The

United Arab Emirates

won Gold in the Team

Competition, and

Russia

won Silver in the individual contest.

The international results were announced on

June 21,

2012

at the Awards Gala event in the Olympic Park in

Beijing

, with Martin Yan as the elegant host, both in

Chinese and in English. All winners received the Yi Yin

Cup with the Gold Medal.

Chef Individual Competition

1 -US - Duong H.Khai, Executive Chef, Vietnamese

Restaurant Ana Mandara,

San Francisco

.

2 -

Russia

- Igor Tumarkin, SIA Center of Hospitality

"

Europe

"

3 -

Thailand

- Thanaphat Buapijit- Thai Terrace

Restaurant-Dubai

4 -Korea - Yeo Kyungok, Le Grand Large Samsung

Hotel

5 -

Australia

- Sean Connolly, The Grill Restaurant in

Auckland

, NZ.

6 -UK - Jerome Henry, Head Chef, Mossiman's

London

.

7 -

France

- Cyril Rouquet, Louvre Bouteille ,

Paris

Chef Team Competition

1 -UAE - The Emirates Culinary Team, President Uwe

Micheel.

2 -US - Le Cordon Bleu North America, Coach Edward

G.Leonard.

3 -

Singapore

- Tunglok Group Team

4 -

Peru

- Universidad San Martin de Porres, Chef

Augusto Buitron

5 -

Bangladesh

- Mr.Kuma, Tasneem-E-Ferdous.

6.-

Indonesia

- Taipan Restaurant Team

7-

Tunisia

- The Tunisia Culinary Team, Coach Zouhair

Ben Jemaa

8 -

Chile

- Gourmet Patagonia Team, Coach Francisco

Fantini

Chefs from 34 countries were present at BICC.

The Chinese Chefs Competition

The Chinese chefs competition was separate. Two

thousand chefs from mainland

China

participated in

the first eliminations stages, with two hundred chefs in

the final,

June 19

and 20 at Beijing Olympic Park. The

President of the Chinese Jury was Chef Da Dong.

The public was enthusiastic, and highly competent. By

10.25 am

on the first day there was already a crowd of

10.000. The foreigners were impressed by their deep

interest, their support and kindness to all visitors from

outside

China

. There are no boarders for gastronomy.

The event was organized by the East Eat Group, with

Gourmand International coordinating the international

participation. It was filmed by China Food Television,

with live broadcast throughout

China

.

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